If you don't love this record, then you haven't got a heart. Or you were never young. Or you don't like music. From the Delia Smith cake on the cover to its wickedly good content, if someone told me they didn't like this record, I'd know we wouldn't get on. Seven stand-out tracks out of nine, one of them being 'Country Honk' which is by no means duff but not up to the gold standard of the others, a silly messing-around-in-the-studio filler that is blue-grass-inspired. The other (for me) is the insipid country-style 'You Got the Silver' which is a bit lazy and rinky-dink for my tastes but you've probably guessed that country isn't my favourite genre. The other tracks are all classics now, including the Ian Stewart boogie-woogie piano-led 'Let It Bleed', the funky fast-paced R&B of 'Midnight Rambler' (inspired by Albert de Salvo, the Boston Strangler), and 'Gimme Shelter', the song that inspired a generation and begins with a smooth and slightly eerie intro before Charlie quickly changes tempo and Mick joins in, turning it into a full-throated belter with lyrics reflecting social issues at the time of its1969 release including the Vietnam War and flower power love-ins. Jagger is outsung by Merry Clayton on backing vocals, the American session singer of note who also featured on the Performance film soundtrack, and recorded with many top artists including Ray Charles, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Cocker and Tom Jones. She also played The Acid Queen in the early performances of The Who's rock opera 'Tommy' and more recently featured on Tori Amos' 'Cornflake Girl'. The end track 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' has the famous intro sung by London Bach Choral Choir that was often mistakenly believed to be the Westminster Boys School Choir, but it was radical at the time for the bad boys of rock to include a musical form that represented the English Establishment so perfectly. The sweet high pitched innocence of the pre-pubescent voices singing unwittingly about drugs is delicious two-fingered irony, then it segues into Keith Richard's simple acoustic accompaniment as Mick sings about his band's and their mates drug-fuelled lifestyle, including mentioning the record's producer, Jimmy Miller. The talented producer worked on most of the Stones late 60s and 70s output and was well-known for his hedonistic excesses both in and out of the studio. A former drummer, he also joins Mr Watts by banging the drums on this track. Most of the Stones' girlfriends, friends, and session singers who dropped into the studio at the time of recording (including Madeleine Bell) feature on backing vocals. 'Monkey Man' is classic Stones rock, full throttled and sexy, surprisingly upbeat for a song about heroin, it begins with a silvery piano before Richards jumps in with a chugging riff that gets grittier and harder as the song progresses. Jimmy Miller bangs the tambourine on this track. This is also the last album by The Stones with Brian Jones who was dead by the time of its release. Already in a bad way at the start of recording, he managed to provide percussion on 'Midnight Rambler' and autoharp on 'You Got the Silver', another Jagger/Richards foray into country music. 'Let It Bleed', the 8th British album by The Stones, is also notable for the introduction of the youthful Mick Taylor, who replaced Brian Jones, and he can be heard supplying slide guitar on Country Honk and guitar on 'Live with Me.' 'Live With Me' is the other classic Stones rock 'n' blues stomper, beginning with a distinctive bass line provided by Keith Richards before everyone kicks in lustily, with Nicky Hopkins boogie-woogie piano and Charlie Watts's drums taking charge, Mick working hard but singing gleefully about schoolboy preoccupations with sex and nasty habits before Bobby Keys dirty tenor sax wraps it all up into one loud gotta-get-up-and-dance package. This record, the songs, the personnel, even the cover, is a piece of rock history. Everyone involved in the making of it was the cream of the crop, the best of the best, not a single contributor was not or did not become respected and sought-after in their profession, right down to Robert Brownjohn the infamous 60s graphic designer who conceived and designed the cover and who commissioned the then unknown cake maker. All this quality, inspiration and talent is reflected in every track on this classic album, even the country/bluegrass inspired tracks which sound fresher and less out of place today than they did then. A must-have Stones album.
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Genre | Rock, Music Video & Concerts |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | The Rolling Stones |
Language | English |
Runtime | 42 minutes |
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Track Listings
1 | Let It Bleed |
2 | Love in Vain |
3 | Midnight Rambler |
4 | Gimme Shelter |
5 | You Got the Silver |
6 | You Can't Always Get What You Want |
7 | Live With Me |
8 | Monkey Man |
9 | Country Honk |
Product description
High Fidelity Pure Audio edition of the Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed. High Fidelity Pure Audio is a range of physical HD audio products from Universal Music Group which uses Blu-ray technology to deliver the ultimate listening experience to the user. High Fidelity Pure Audio discs are playable through all Blu-ray devices.
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- Product Dimensions : 14 x 1 x 12.5 cm; 88 g
- Manufacturer : UMC
- Manufacturer reference : 7181242
- Original Release Date : 2014
- Label : UMC
- ASIN : B00H31D9WU
- Number of discs : 1
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2013
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2024I have bought this 3 times in my lifetime
When it came out. Played it that much I
Renewed it. That copy i lent out and never got back. This copy is mine till I die. Buy it it’s
Excellent.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2019This is the best Rolling Stones album of all - where they make the fullest expression of their raison d'etre contra The Beatles: this is not The Summer of Love, but survival in a dangerous world; the dangers are expressed, and the means for dealing with them unflinchingly prosecuted - if you want to survive get real and get tough. This is no place for Mr. Jitters. Jagger and Co join Frank Zappa ("We're Only In It For The Money") in pointing out that Peace and Love won't work in this cynical rip-off world. The biggest threat is presented in "Midnight Rambler". Avoidance is recommended! Snatch your kisses where you can in "Gimme Shelter". Death is just a shot away. Love can be in vain. Back street existence is no bed of roses. To be someone you can lean on also means being someone you can bleed one. Strip civilization away and you are left with monkeymen and monkeywomen; and it's not all bad being them either. Such relationships can be silver and gold. You can't always get what you want but you might find you get what you need.
Keith Richards is on fire on this album and Mick Taylor rises to the challenge. Bobby Keys is ace on sax and Jimmy Miller plays drums brilliantly on the last track, and handles the production with superb assurance. Mary Clayton steals the lyric in "Gimme Shelter". Jagger's harp on "Midnight Rambler" is even better than his brilliance on "Aftermath". This is the Stones as nature intended.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2008This album, like Black and Blue, saw the Stones effectively reduced to a 4-piece. Keith has to work that much harder and it shows in some strong songs.
"Gimmie Shelter" is not only, in my opinion, the best Stones song ever, but also one of the best songs ever. It is simply stunning. "Love In Vain" has a nice feel to it, although I rarely warm to Stones covers (apart from the adolescent charm of the early covers on their first and third albums). "Country Honk" is an uptempo country track that feels right and not contrived, while "Live With Me" showed the Stones with a snarl and contempt that was was still convincing when they were in their mid 20's. "Let It Bleed" is another great track and was written in the period when Jagger's lyrics still had resonance and feel. "Midnight Rambler" is good but not as great as it is sometimes made out to be. I think it is sometimes praised more for its concept than for the song itself. "You Got The Silver" is an atractive Keith song, rendered above average by Brain Jones's last contribution to the band on autoharp. "Monkey Man" I used to think was just filler, but my view has changed and I now think it is the Stones experimenting with heavy rock (as The Beatles did with Helter Skelter) and pulling it off. Finally, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is another classic, which I can see in years to come being sung by professional choirs as a "traditional" staple.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2024Classic Stones, enough said
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2023What more can you say, that has been said, about this classic stones album.
By one of the greatest rock band's, in music history. Timeless....
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2023Fantastic tracks.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2018The second of four consecutive killer stones albums. Let it Bleed (1969) with top tunes like 'Monkey Man' and 'Midnight Rambler' matched the standard set by the previous years 'Beggars Banquet'. It was with 'Gimme Shelter' that the band were now operating on a whole new level. Apocalyptically distorted multi tracked guitars, and Mick Jagger jostling with Mary Clayton to bring us the bad news, tis a thing of beauty. In an age of regurgitated melody's and pop overload, Let it Bleed might just make you feel better.
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- R. D. CobbReviewed in the United States on 10 January 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars 2002 DSD Stones....great sound
2002 DSD cd's by the Stones.....rep is very good sound.....I have a few of my favs.....this one I did not have .....needed to pick up.....not disappointed......
- spigomarsReviewed in Canada on 9 December 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Every piece of information on both the inner lining and the cover itself is true to the original
While the song lineup is slightly different than the original disc everything else is quite true to the original release. This is and will always be one of my favorite LPs this remaster and rerelease has not had any major mistakes made on it to make me change my mind in this regard. THANK GOODNESS.
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CHRISTOPHER ROSAReviewed in Brazil on 15 April 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Recomendadissimo
O som desta prensagem é incrível. . a bateria se destaca junto com as cordas ... Imersão total na sala de gravação
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Cliente AmazonReviewed in Spain on 26 July 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindible en tu discoteca
Lo tenía en mi lista de regreso al vinilo y la nueva liturgia de ese regreso está siendo muy satisfactoria con vinilos como este. Hay otros álbumes de los Rolling Stones a la espera y poco a poco volverán a mi discoteca.
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Eduardo GarciaReviewed in Mexico on 13 September 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Un álbum perfecto
No solo es el mejor álbum de los Stones, para mí este álbum es uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Desde las primeras notas de "Gimme Shelter" hasta los coros finales de "You Can't Always Get What You Want", este LP es perfecto. La edición está hermosa, hecha en vinil transparente y con un magnífico sonido. No dejes de comprarlo.
Eduardo Garcia
Reviewed in Mexico on 13 September 2018
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